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For my new years day dinner I wanted something tasty and yet easy to make. I had picked up some beef tenderloin a while ago when it was on sale and I cut it into steaks and froze the extras for later. I was thinking that a steak dinner would be nice and I remembered the
steak in green peppercorn sauce
that I had recently tried and enjoyed. Thinking about the peppercorns reminded me of
sichuan peppercorns
that I had discovered in 2008. Sichuan peppercorns have an amazing aroma and a mouth numbing property that is really nice. I was thinking that a simple sichuan peppercorn steak would be just the thing for my new years meal. I seasoned the steaks with some salt and crusted the steaks with both sichuan peppercorns and black peppercorns and seared them quickly on both sides. The sichuan peppercorn steak was nice and juicy with a crunchy crust that was both spicy and mouth numbingly good! I served the steak with some
baby bok choy and shiitake mushrooms
.

I hope everyone is enjoying new years day!

Sichuan Peppercorn Tenderloin Steak

ingredients

2 tenderloin steaks

salt to taste

2 tablespoons black peppercorns (crushed)

2 tablespoons sichuan peppercorns (crushed)

1 tablespoon oil

directions

Season the steaks with salt to taste.

Press the peppercorns into the steaks on both sides.

Heat the oil in a pan.

Add the steaks and sear at medium high on both sides, about 2-4 minutes per side.

YUM! I love sichuan peppercorns, and am always looking for something new to cook with them - they do add a pleasing, numbing tingle to your food! I'll give this one a try later this week with some sirloin I've got in the fridge.

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.